US Patent Issued to Columbia Insurance on Sept. 8 for "Layered composite articles and methods of making same" (Georgia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,621, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Columbia Insurance Co. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Layered composite articles and methods of making same" was invented by James Burns (Rocky Face, Ga.), Tom Odum (Tunnel Hill, Ga.), Jay Vecsey (Canton, Ga.), Jean Briere (Ooltewah, Tenn.) and Derek Bass (Cartersville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a method of making a densified fiber batt that includes the steps of: a) providing a fiber batt comprising a first plurality of fibers having a first melting point and a second plurality of fibers having a second melting point different from the first melting point; b) subjecting the fiber batt t...